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School: Buirgheas Uí Chatháin (B.) (roll number 4130)

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Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Séamus Gáirnéar
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    up from Borris. I lit it and with a couple of drops of grease I stuck it on the little dogs nose. I then went out with the dog and the ash plant and the little dog began to run around the tree. After a while all the geese came down around the light and I set to with my ash plant. With some of my strokes I killed two or three and only the candle burned out I would have made my fortune.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Malachy Moore
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Borrisokane, Co. Tipperary